On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 22:54, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 22:54, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 15:27, Stew Benedict wrote: > > > On Sat, 8 Nov 2003, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 06:57, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > > edit /etc/acpi/events/lid and comment out action=/usr/sbin/pmsuspend > > > > > > > > > > ACPI is attempting to trigger swsusp suspend-to-disk, which basically > > > > > doesn't work on modern laptops. > > > > ... > > > > > > > > that's actually not a fair comment, I should actually state that it > > > > doesn't work on Mandrake kernels; it works fine with SuSE and Debian > > > > according to the other mailing lists I'm on. > > > > > > > > > > Actually it does, depending on the machine of course, like all acpi > > > functionality. I was using it for a week or so, but it's so slow, I can > > > do a normal shutdown/boot faster than a suspend resume. > > > > > > Machine: Compaq Presario 1215US > > > > > > Stew Benedict > > > > Good for you! did you do anything special or did it just work? > > > > BTW, ACPI and swsusp haven't actually got anything to do with each > > other, except that ACPI events can trigger a suspend. > > In my case. (Compaq Armada) ACPI doesn't work but APM is flawless. In > fact ACPI doesn't work under other OS's either. So no loss. It really > seems to be an LG problem. A number of Laptops like mine don't quite > follow the spec or followed a test spec and so don't work right. I've > two dells at work we use for mobile demo's Same model one is just a > version up from the other (xp and ixp or something like that) One works > with acpi one with apm. > > James >
There's a guy on the Linux-sony list with the exact same model of laptop as me who had swsusp and ACPI working fine almost a year ago, using Debian. Me, I try with every new Mandrake kernel, and I'm always disappointed. I'm about ready to put Debian on the laptop. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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